χίμαιρα

A. she-goat, Il. 6.181, Hes. Th. 322, PCair.Zen. 576.3 (iii B. C.); sacrificed before battle to Ἄρτεμις Ἀγροτέρα, A. Ag. 232 (lyr.), X. An. 3.2.12, HG 4.2.20, Lac. 13.8; θαλλὸν χιμαίραις προσφέρων S. Fr. 502; a young she-goat (cf. χίμαρος), Arist. HA 523a1; χ. ἐξ αἰγῶν kid, LXX Le. 4.28,29.

II. Χίμαιρα,ἡ, Chimaera, a fire-breathing monster, Il. 6.179, cf. 16.328; Hes. Th. 319, etc.; χ. πύρπνοος Anaxil. 22.3 (troch.), Epinic.2.10.

2. expld. as mythical for a volcano in Lycia, Str. 14.3.5.